Israel stocks higher at close of trade; TA 35 up 1.09%

Investing.com – Israel stocks were higher after the close on Sunday, as gains in the Biomed , Oil & Gas and Real Estate sectors led shares higher.

At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 35 rose 1.09% to hit a new all time high.

The best performers of the session on the TA 35 were Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA ), which rose 4.77% or 368.00 points to trade at 8,080.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Big Shopping Centers Ltd (TASE:BIG ) added 3.34% or 1,710.00 points to end at 52,920.00 and Mivne Real Estate KD Ltd (TASE:MVNE ) was up 2.93% or 32.00 points to 1,124.00 in late trade.

The worst performers of the session were Camtek Ltd (TASE:CAMT ), which fell 2.01% or 620.00 points to trade at 30,220.00 at the close. Ormat Technologies (TASE:ORA ) declined 0.80% or 200.00 points to end at 24,760.00 and NICE Ltd (TASE:NICE ) was down 0.71% or 460.00 points to 64,040.00.

Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange by 316 to 149 and 72 ended unchanged.

Shares in Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd (TASE:TEVA ) rose to 5-year highs; gaining 4.77% or 368.00 to 8,080.00. Shares in Big Shopping Centers Ltd (TASE:BIG ) rose to all time highs; rising 3.34% or 1,710.00 to 52,920.00. Shares in Mivne Real Estate KD Ltd (TASE:MVNE ) rose to 52-week highs; gaining 2.93% or 32.00 to 1,124.00.

Crude oil for February delivery was up 0.12% or 0.08 to $69.46 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Brent oil for delivery in March rose 0.08% or 0.06 to hit $72.56 a barrel, while the February Gold Futures contract rose 1.42% or 37.00 to trade at $2,645.10 a troy ounce.

USD/ILS was unchanged 0.00% to 3.64, while EUR/ILS rose 0.53% to 3.80.

The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.74% at 107.35.

Source: Investing.com